Just days after Tokyo experienced its heaviest snowfall in decades, a second snowstorm hit much of Japan Friday including the capital region.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said a low-pressure front was heading toward the Pacific coast of Japan’s main island of Honshu. The weather agency said as much as 50 centimeters of snow was expected to fall by Saturday morning in certain locations of central Japan.

In central Tokyo, a light, wet snow was falling Friday morning. The ground was covered by a white layer. It’s unusual to get heavy snow in populated areas of Tokyo.

The previous bout of snow on Feb. 7-8 disrupted air travel, rail service and major highways in Japan and prompted the weather agency to issue its first heavy snowfall warning for Tokyo in more than a decade.

The latest round of snow first hit the southern island of Kyushu late Thursday, and local media reported that a train on the island derailed after running over a fallen tree. One passenger was injured.

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